Stephen King, Ph.D., M.Div., M.P.H.

EDUCATION

The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Texas, Ph.D., Environmental Sciences (Concentration in Toxicology); Minor in Epidemiology; and Minor in Management, Administration, and Planning (Concentration in Biomedical Ethics), 2006: Dissertation Research Title: "Maternal Ingestion of Radon-222 in Drinking Water and the Absorbed Radiation Dose to the Embryo"

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, Fellow - Department of Symptom Research, January 2003 through December 31, 2003

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, Fellow - Division of Anesthesiology & Critical Care, Section of Pain & Symptom Management, January 1999 through December 31, 1999

Reappointment as a Fellow, January 2000 to December 31, 2000

Reappointment as a Fellow, January 2001 to December 31, 2001

Reappointment as a Fellow, January 2002 to December 31, 2002

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, Fellow - Department of Neuro-Oncology, Section of Pain & Symptom Management, January 1997 through December 31, 1997

Reappointment as a Fellow, January 1998 to December 31, 1998

Memorial-Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, Clinical Ethics Rounds in Palliative Care, 1996

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, Fellow - Clinical Ethics,

January 1995 to September 1995

The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Texas, M.P.H., Occupational Health (Concentration in Toxicology), 1995; Thesis Research Title: "Maternal Exposure to Toxic Compounds and the Relationship to the Subsequent Development of Neuroblastoma in Children"

Houston Graduate School of Theology, Houston, Texas, M.Div., Theology and Biblical Studies, 1988; Thesis Research Title: "The Sanctuary Movement: A Conflict of Law and Obedience"

Sam Houston State University, Institute of Contemporary Corrections and the Behavioral Sciences, Huntsville, Texas, Graduate Certificate in Law Enforcement and Police Science (30 Semester Hours), May 1972

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, Graduate Work, 30 Semester Hours toward M.A., Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, 1969-1971; Proposed Thesis Research Title: “Compulsion of Non-Testimonial Physical Evidence in Relation to the Fifth Amendment Protection Against Self Incrimination”

Sam Houston State University, Institute of Contemporary Corrections and the Behavioral Sciences, Criminology and Police Science, Huntsville, Texas, Certificate in Law Enforcement (30 Semester Hours), August 1970

Sam Houston State University, Institute of Contemporary Corrections and the Behavioral Sciences, Certificate, Fifth Inter-Agency Workshop, June 1970

Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, B.S., Industrial Arts, also with a Concentration of Classes in Sociology and Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice, August 1969

SPECIAL TRAINING

Internship, 1970, Sheriff’s Department, Walker County, Huntsville, Texas

Internship, 1970, Sam Houston State University Campus Police, Huntsville, Texas

Local Civil Preparedness Director/Coordinator Seminar, April 25-27, 1972, Division of Disaster Emergency Services, Texas Department of Public Safety, Austin, Texas

Special Civil Preparedness Career Development Program, Phase I Workshop, February 1975, Staff College, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Battle Creek, Michigan

The Civil Defense Director/Coordinator, February 1975, Staff College, Defense Civil Preparedness Agency, Battle Creek, Michigan

Advanced Civil Preparedness Director/Coordinator Seminar, May 7-8, 1975, Division of Disaster Emergency Services, Texas Department of Public Safety, Austin, Texas

Mediator, 40 Hour Mediator Training, 1987, Dispute Resolution Centers, Houston Bar Association, Houston, Texas

Juvenile Mediator, 40 Hour Juvenile Mediation Program Training, 1988, Dispute Resolution Centers, Houston, Texas

Arbitration Advocate, 40 Hour Arbitrator and Arbitration Advocate Training, 1988, National Arbitration Institute, Houston, Texas

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Texas Peace Office, Intermediate Certificate, 1971, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, Austin, Texas

Certified Law Enforcement Instructor, Class B, 1972, Texas Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, Austin, Texas

Certified Legal Assistant, 1989, National Association of Legal Assistants, Tulsa, Oklahoma

APPOINTMENTS AND SPECIAL ACTIVITIES

Director, Civil Defense, 1968-1971, Walker County, Texas (Youngest County Civil Defense Director in the United States)

Squadron Commander (Captain), 1969-1971, Sam Houston Composite Squadron, Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol, Auxiliary of the United States Air Force, Huntsville, Texas (Youngest Squadron Commander in Texas)

Actor, 1973, television movie entitled, “Conspiracy,” which pertained to drug trafficking and organized crime. Portrayed a deputy sheriff in several scenes and most notably, in a nighttime high speed police pursuit of a drug trafficker at the Georgetown, Texas airport. Movie sponsored jointly by the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Office of the Attorney General of Texas, Austin, Texas

Group Communications Officer (Major), 1973-1974, Group 12, Texas Wing, Civil Air Patrol, Auxiliary of the United States Air Force, Conroe, Texas

Deputy Director, Civil Defense, 1975-1981, Harris County, Texas

Deputy Sheriff (Reserve), 1975-1976, Harris County Sheriff’s Department, Houston, Texas

Detective (Reserve), 1976-1979, Juvenile and Criminal Investigation, Harris County Sheriff’s Department, Houston, Texas

Deputy Constable (Regular, non-paid), 1979-1980, Harris County Precinct 4 Constable’s Department, Spring, Texas

Radio Announcer and Station Operator, October 1984 through February 2002, Saturday Morning, FM Radio Station KHCB, Houston, Texas,

Research Assistant, 1989-1992, Committee on Drugs and Society, Health Policy Institute, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas

Research Assistant, 1989-1990, for the Professor and Director of the Law Library, University of Houston Law Center (Law School), Houston, Texas. Research that identified and tracked historically the provisions of all of the Civil Rights Acts of the United States for a textbook

Executive Director, 1997 to Present, Texas Cancer Pain Initiative, Houston, Texas

Member, Faculty Search Committee, 1997-1999, The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Texas, for the Satellite Campus in Dallas, Texas

Consulting Toxicologist & Epidemiologist, 2007 to present, World Trade Center Health Registry, Consultant in Assessing Health Survey Results of Symptoms, Medical Conditions, and Illnesses Among Individuals Exposed from the Attacks, Collapse, Rescue, Recovery, and Cleanup, associated with the World Trade Center Disaster of September 11, 2001, New York, New York

TEACHING, LECTURING, AND PRESENTATIONS

Guest Instructor, Lecturer, and/or Presenter at the Following Institutions:

A.A. White Dispute Resolution Institute, Houston, Texas
Baylor University, Chemistry Department, Waco, Texas
College of the Mainland Regional Law Enforcement Academy, Texas City, Texas
Houston Police Department Academy, Houston, Texas
Lamar University Regional Police Academy, Beaumont, Texas
Pasadena Police Department Academy, Pasadena, Texas
Sam Houston State University, Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Program
Texas Department of Public Safety, Austin, Texas
The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Texas
Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, Houston, Texas
University of Houston, Central Campus, Houston, Texas

Instructor, 1992-1993, Criminal Law and Legal Research, for the Paralegal Program, Concord Career Institute, Houston, Texas

Adjunct Instructor, General Education, 1993-1995, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Houston, Texas. Instructor and Lecturer for the Following Courses:

“Drugs and Society” – 1991-1995

“Technology on Trial, the Interface of Science and Law” – 1991-1995
Instructor, Lecturer, and Class Coordinator, 1999-2001, as a Ph.D. Candidate, The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Texas, for the Course, “Environmental Toxic Torts”

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

Alpha Kappa Delta, National Sociology Honor Society (International Sociology Honor Society)
Pi Gamma Mu, National Social Studies Honor Society (International Honor Society in Social Sciences)
Sigma Tau Epsilon

American Association for the Advancement of Science

Member of the Section on Chemistry
Member of the Section on Industrial Science and Technology
Member of the Section on Medical Sciences

American Chemical Society

Member of the Environmental Division
Member of the Petroleum Division
Member of the Toxicology Division
Member of the Greater Houston Section

American College of Forensic Examiners

American Public Health Association

American Statistical Association

Member of the Statistics and the Environment Section
Member of the Statistics in Epidemiology Section
Member of the Houston Chapter

Environmental Mutagen Society

International Genetic Epidemiology Society

Society for Risk Analysis

Member of the Lone Star Chapter

Texas Cancer Pain Initiative

Texas Public Health Association

The New York Academy of Sciences

Member of the Environmental Sciences Section
Member of the Predictive Toxicology Section

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, Alumni & Faculty Association

The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Texas, Alumni Association

World Affairs Council of Houston

MEMBERSHIP ACTIVITIES

President and Founder, 1988-1989 Term, The Houston Graduate School of Theology Alumni Association

Member, Board of Directors, 1991 to Present, Texas Cancer Pain Initiative, Houston, Texas

Member, Clinical Trial Competition Team, 1997, Clinical Trial Competition, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Texas

President, Student Governance Organization, 1997-1998, The University of Texas School of Public Health at Houston, Texas

President, 2000-2001, Lone Star Chapter of the Society for Risk Analysis

Member and Vice President, Board of Directors, 2004 to Present, Citizens League for Environmental Action Now, Houston, Texas

Member, Board of Directors, 2007 to Present, Sickle Cell Association of the Gulf Coast, Houston, Texas

EMPLOYMENT

Radio Dispatcher & Fingerprint Technician, 1968, Huntsville Police Department, Huntsville, Texas

Sales & Materials Handler, 1969, Huntsville Building Material Company, Huntsville, Texas

Sales & Materials Handler, 1969-1970, City Lumber Company, Huntsville, Texas

Deputy Sheriff, 1970-1971, Walker County Sheriff’s Department, Huntsville, Texas

Technical Operations Officer, 1971-1973, Division of Defense and Disaster Relief, Texas Department of Public Safety, Austin, Texas

Investigator, 1973-1974, Office of the District Attorney, 12 th Judicial District of Texas, for Grimes, Leon, Madison, Trinity, and Walker Counties

Regional Liaison Officer, Region 2, 1974-1975, Division of Disaster Emergency Services, Texas Department of Public Safety, Houston, Texas

Researcher and Project Manager, 1975 to present, Perform Computer and Library Research for Scientific and Medical Literature for Scientists, Physicians, and Attorneys. Provide Case and Project Management Services, as well as Litigation Support for Complex Cases, Houston, Texas

Toxicologist, 1992 to present, Toxicology Incorporated, Houston, Texas

Epidemiologist & Biomedical Ethicist, 1999 to present, Toxicology Incorporated, Houston, Texas

CURRENT RESPONSIBILITIES

TOXICOLOGIST, EPIDEMIOLOGIST, AND BIOMEDICAL ETHICIST

Toxicologist : Expertise in environmental, ecological, occupational health, medical, and pharmaceutical toxicology-related matters. Provide research and project-related exposure, hazard, risk, toxicity, and health effect(s) assessments; project management; project analysis; and comprehensive scientific and medical literature research service. Research the associations between exposures to toxicants and the risk of symptoms, medical conditions, diseases, and deaths among exposed individuals. Conduct on-site evaluations and surveys of industrial and occupational environments, and of hazardous, polluted, and toxic waste landfill sites, including obtaining samples for laboratory analyses, as well as performing NORM surveys. Perform computer generated plume dispersion modeling for contaminated air, water or soil, and related exposure indices for individuals at risk from their exposures to toxic substances.

Epidemiologist :Expertise in performing project and litigation case-related matters by performing population and client-based exposure, health, symptoms, and disease assessment surveys based on epidemiological principles. Prepare detailed exposure, health, symptoms, and disease questionnaires for the surveys. Administer questionnaires to survey participants, evaluate the answers and responses given by the survey participants, and perform mathematical and statistical analyses of the results of the surveys.

Perform statistical analysis, calculate relative risk estimates, and p-values for reported symptoms, illnesses, and medical conditions among groups of exposed populations (worker cohorts, persons exposed environmentally, communities et al.). Perform statistical analysis, calculate relative risk estimates, and p-values from the results (number of cases with disease) reported in published epidemiological studies where relative risk estimates and p-values were not calculated or reported in the studies.

Biomedical Ethicist : Expertise in providing ethics consultations in scientific and medical matters; as well as perform assessments of the ethical aspects or implications of decisions of acts of commission and/or acts of omission by individuals involved in the scientific and medical fields.

TOXICOLOGY, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND BIOMEDICAL ETHICS-RELATED ASSIGNMENTS AND WORK

I have previously performed toxicology, epidemiology, and/or biomedical ethics-related health effects research, assessments, and consultations involving the following:

1. Research associations between exposures to toxic substances and agents, and the development of exposure-related symptoms, medical conditions, and diseases. Previous research has been performed on the associations between exposures to specific dangerous agents (radiation) and toxic compounds, substances, and chemicals, in relation to the risk and/or development of the following forms of cancer in adults and/or in children: (a) bladder; (b) bone (Ewing’s sarcoma and osteosarcoma); (c) brain and central nervous system (acoustic neuroma, astrocytic, e.g., grades 1 & 2, anaplastic astrocytoma, and glioblastoma multiforme, ependymoma, medulloblastoma, pituitary, and primitive neuroectodermal); (d) breast (estrogen positive and estrogen negative); (e) cervix or cervical; (f) colon; (g) endometrial; (h) esophagus or esophageal; (i) eye (melanoma and retinoblastoma); (j) gastrointestinal tract; (k) kidney (renal cell and transitional cell); (l) larynx or laryngeal; (m) leukemia (acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute lymphocytic leukemia, chronic lymphocytic leukemia, acute non-lymphocytic leukemia, acute monocytic leukemia, acute myelogenous leukemia, chronic myelogenous leukemia, and hairy cell leukemia); (n) liver (angiosarcoma, cholangiocarcinoma - bile duct, hepatoblastoma, hepatocellular carcinoma or hepatoma, and Wilms tumor; (o) lung (mesothelioma, small cell, and non-small cell); (p) lymphoma (Burkitt’s, Hodgkin’s, non-Hodgkin’s, and mycosis fungoids); (q) multiple myeloma; (r) nasal and nasopharynx; (s) neuroblastoma; (t) ovarian; (u) pharynx or pharyngeal; (v) prostate; (w) rectal; (x) sarcoma (soft issue, i.e., angiosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, hemangioendothelioma, leiomyosarcoma, liposarcoma, neurofibrosarcoma a/k/a schwannoma or malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor, and rhabdomyosarcoma); (y) skin (basal cell carcinoma, melanoma, and squamous cell carcinoma); (z) stomach; (aa) testicular; (bb) thyroid gland; (cc) ureter; (dd) urethra; and (ee) uterine.
   
   
2. Occupational and environmental exposures to toxicants and the risk and/or development of immune system-related diseases, such as lupus, Raynaud’s syndrome, sarcoidosis, and systemic sclerosis (scleroderma).
   
   
3. Occupational, environmental, and residential exposures associated with municipal, hazardous, and toxic waste landfill sites. The toxicology of the identified toxic substances, and the reported symptoms and adverse health effects experienced by exposed populations living at or near these sites.
   
   
4. Toxic agent (chemicals, metals, radiation) exposures to women and children. Specifically, toxic agent exposures among pregnant women in relation to possible increased rates of miscarriages, birth defects, and/or childhood cancers; as well as postnatal exposures among children and the risk of cancer.
   
   
5. Occupational, environmental, and residential exposures to toxic agents, such as acetone; amines; ammonia; aniline; antimony; arsenic; asbestos; barium; benzene; benzidine; beryllium; cadmium; carbon disulfide; carbon monoxide; carbon tetrachloride; catechol; chloroform; chromium; creosote; crude oil; diesel exhaust; ethylbenzene; gasoline; hydrochloric acid; hydrofluoric acid; hydrogen chloride; hydrogen sulfide; hydrazine; lead; mercury; methylene chloride; mold(s); natural gas; nickel; nickel carbonyl; nitric acid; nitrobenzene; polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); perchloroethylene; petroleum distillates; phenol; phosgene; polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; polychlorinated dibenzofurans; radiation; radionuclides; radium; radon; slop oils; solvents; styrene; sulfuric acid; sulfur dioxide; tank bottoms; 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin ("dioxin"); tin; toluene; toluidine; tetrachloroethylene; molds (fungi); 1,1,1-trichloroethane; trichloroethylene; trinitrotoluene; vinyl chloride; and xylenes.
   
   
6. Occupational, environmental, and residential exposures to various pesticide classes and pesticides, including the organochlorines, cyclodienes, chlorobenzenes, hexachlorocyclohexanes, organophosphates, carbamates, and pyrethroids. Specific substances, such as aldrin; baygon; benzene hexachloride; chlordane; chlordicone; dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); demon; diazinon; dursban; heptachlor; endrin; dieldrin; lindane; malathion; methoxychlor; mirex; parathion; paraquot; phosphine; and Raid.
   
   
7. Occupational, environmental, and residential exposures to herbicides, such as atrazine; as well as 2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4,5-T) and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) (constituents of agent orange) and the contaminant, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-para-dioxin ("TCDD" or "Dioxin").
   
   
8. The toxicological aspects and/or health effects of chemotherapy drugs and over-the-counter medications.
   
   
9. Air, soil, and water pollution, and contamination assessments.
   
   
10. General toxicological evaluations of toxic agents and substances which are teratogenic, mutagenic, and/or carcinogenic.
    
    
11. Toxicological assessments of molds (fungi), micotoxins, bacteria, and viruses in relation to the development of exposure-related adverse health effects, i.e., signs, symptoms, illnesses, and medical conditions, based on peer-reviewed scientific, medical, and epidemiological literature.
    
    
12. Use and adverse health effects of pharmaceuticals, such as Acetaminophen; Accutane; Aleve; Baycol; Bextra; Birth Control Pills; Bupropion Hydrochloride; Celebrex; Coumadin (Warfarin); Darvon; Dexfenfluramine; Diethylstilbestrol (DES); Dilantin (Phenytoin Sodium); DPT Vaccine; Ephedra; Ephedrine; Fen-Phen (Fenfluramine-Phentermine); Fiorinal; Hydrocodone; Influenza (Flu) Vaccines; Laxatives; Lithium; MMR Vaccine; Morphine; Oxycodone; Oxycontin; Paxil;
    henylpropanolamine (PPA); Prempro; Propulsid; Redux; Resulin; Soma; Stadol; Steroids; Tagamet; Thimerosal; Valium; Viagra; Vioxx; Zyban; and Zyprexa.
    
    
13. Research pharmaceutical drug interactions between prescribed medications and/or over-the-counter medications in relation to causing toxicity and/or the development of adverse health effects and death.
    
    
14. Research and acquire medical and scientific literature on the physiological, neurological, and/or neuropsychological effects resulting in causing and/or affecting alertness, cognition, coordination, impairment, judgment, lethargy, mania, memory disturbances, overdosing, reaction times, risk taking behavior, vision, as well as death, from the use of illicit drugs, such as amphetamines (particularly, methamphetamine), cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and phencyclidine (PCP).
    
    
15. Perform calculations to estimate blood alcohol (ethanol) and/or blood plasma alcohol concentrations at certain times following the ingestion of ethanol. In
    addition, research and provide relevant scientific literature on the pharmacokinetics of ethanol and the effects of ethanol on inducing intoxication, resulting in causing and/or affecting cognition, coordination, alertness, judgment, lethargy, memory disturbances, reaction times, sleepiness, vision, as well as death.
    
    
16. Toxicology literature research on the absorption, distribution, biotransformation (metabolism), and excretion of alcohol (ethanol), cocaine, marijuana, methamphetamine, and other psychotropic substances. Determine the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of the foregoing substances in order to establish (approximate if possible) when these substances were ingested in relation to the manifestation of the physiological effects (i.e., intoxication, impairment, et al.) that are associated with these substances.
    
    
17. Evaluations and assessments of health effects experienced among workers from occupational exposures and/or environmental and public exposures involving the following: ammunition manufacturing plants; antimony smelters; cattle and hog feedlots; chemical plants; chicken production facilities; coal mining; coal powered electric power generating plants; copper smelters; farming; hazardous waste disposal sites; lead smelters; municipal and hazardous waste incinerators; oil and gas exploration and production sites; oil refineries; paper mills; pipelines; pipeline compressor facilities; plastics and polymer plants; rayon viscose manufacturing facilities; uranium mining; and zinc smelters.
    
    
18. Toxicology literature research on special classes of toxic substances, such as nitroarenes; nitrosamines; perchlorates; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs); and polycyclic organic matter (POM).
    
    
19. Toxicology research on the constituents of combustion from explosions and fires, i.e., fumes, gases, particulates, smoke, and soot, in relation to the risk and/or development of symptoms, medical conditions, and diseases among exposed populations. Specifically, assess the effects of carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, other toxic gases and substances that are formed and/or released during fires in order to determine the adverse effects in humans, particularly, in relation to the causes of morbidity and mortality among fire victims, firefighters, and other rescue personnel.
    
    
20. Perform field surveys for the presence of radionuclides from naturally occurring radioactive material (NORM), collect samples, and provide radionuclide and/or NORM exposure-related health effects and risk assessments among exposed populations.